Granary and elevator construction



J. F. WIT TLER GRANARY AND ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. '7; 19 21 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A TTORNEY.

Aug. 28, 1923.. 1,466.010

' J. F. WITTLER I GRANARY AND ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 7', 1921 2 sheets sheet 2 :QEL,

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 28 192 ET S :rosnrn: r. wrr'rtnn, or

Application filed December To all whom it may concern: I I

ful Improvements in Granary and Elevator Construction; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to granaries and elevators, but particularly to the manner of disposal of elevators within granaries with respect to the outer walls and the bins thereof. It has for an object to so dispose an elevator in a granary that the greatest amount of grain storage space will be conserved. 7

A further objectis that of locating an elevator within a granary to house it from the .ing to my invention.

weather, and that its disposal shall be such that the grain-storage space will be reduced as little as possible.

Another object of the invention is to so. dispose an elevator in a-granary that the space within the latter usually reserved for a driveway, due to the usual location of the elevator and its, conveyor, may be utilized as storage space.

Still another ob ect is to enclose an elevator practically wholly within a granary with its receiving end or boot adjacent one of the outer walls of the latter whereby the usual conveyor for the said'boot while wholly outside the grainstorage space ofsaid granary may be protected? from the weather and without interfering with driveway space outside the building. i

Another and important object is that'of providing an elevator for a granary that will be of the shortest possible length while straight throughout requiring. the least possible power for its operation, its head will be centrally located in the granaryand its boot extending just outside-the'granary enclosure, and which can be observed throughout its length whereby when there is trouble ofany nature the operator being able to see it inay stop operations before any great damageto any of the machinery parts results.

In the appended drawings, Figure 1 isan end elevation of a granary showing the position of an elevator accord- Figure 2 is a transverse section of the elecHerswon-rn, am le. l

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7, 1921. :Serial no; 520,489.

vator showing an enclosure or housingtherefor, and

When an elevator is placed within a gran- Figure 3 is a plan of the granary and elevator.

ary it has been the practice to erect it within" I the central portion thereof requiring a driveway in order to reach the conveyor with the load to be elevated. This custom results in a loss of space within the building that might otherwise be employed for grain storagew order to leave passageway, be placed at oneside of such driveway. Since the discharge end must be placed in the apex of the'roof in order to be in the best position to distribute the grain to all the bins and also so that the elevator head may be placed at the highest point of the building, part of the elevator body must be placed at'an angle to the balance thereof resulting in great friction, and

necessarily more power is required than would be required under different circum-'' stances.

Again when an elevator is stationed outside the building it is necessarily of considerable length, and, in addition to calling for expensive construction it requires a great deal of chain and other parts, besides which the structure is exposed to the weather so that added power is required to operate the i mechanism.

Again, the elevator and the conveyor therefor when projecting outside the building ob-,

struct the yard driveways and interfere with free movements of vehicles.

In my device. the elevator is wholly confined within the, granary except as to its boot, or a portion thereof, the conveyor for discharging grain into theboot being disposed closeto the building so that it may be raised to rest against the wall thereof where it maybe protectedfrom the weather while leaving the yard space about the granary practically unobstructed. I

1 represents the outerwall of the granary .mounted uponra suitable foundation which for example may be a concretebed 2 which may extendat one side of the building forming a support 3'for the lower end of the boot 4 of an. elevator 5, the latter extending through the wall of the building and arisingina straight line at an angle,-its head 6 terminating in theapex oftheroof 7centrally of the said building-where grainmay be discharged through the spout 8 into anyoneof the bins 9 below, Figure 3.

'Any usual conveyor 10 pivoted to the ele-T vator-boot 4 lies just outside one-ofthe-walls of the building in position to receive grain from a wagon driven parallel :to said wall.

l/Vhen not in use the Conveyor may be raised and made to rest againstthe mall-protected from the weather andit desired a roof-projection I1 mayibeextended from the building as aiurther protection while being'high enough to "interfere'in no way with-the wagon when raised to the dumping position.

Due 'to the factthat theelev-ator is disposed in the position described and shown +the central part of the granary, usuallyopen 'fro'm end to end required for: driveway pur- -poses, may now' be utilized for storage and 'thereby thestorage space of the building maybe-increased to a very great extent. A-g-a1n, even-tho1ugh the; central passage were desired forpurposes-otherthan for a driveway the fioor 12sfor-the central bins 9 may be lowered by several Lfeetxand still leave "head room, increasing :the bin capacity, whereas when a driveway is used for elevatingrpurposes-the hcad' room is required'to be quite fhiglnxin'orderto;p.er-mit the wagon to beyra-isedsufficiently high to permit it to be fully dumped.

' Thecentralbin 9,0f course, is extended tothe floor at :2 whenno passageway is employed thereby gaining 'practicallythe full capacity of the building because 01" the pecnliar-disposalof the elevator 5.

*Ihave shown a housing*1-3,built-around and spaced fromftherelevator leg which is carried :up through the .bins tohold :the grain awayitrom .said leg tothe en'dth-at the operator may have practically an nnobstructed of the :said elevator-leg from end to end, or vice versa, although other ways may be employed for providing for :this ability :to Watch the operation of the elevating mechanism. Figure '2 shows the housing which is'supported frorn'the elevator-leg by interposed-spacing blocks '14:, for

example, at several places.

This'figure also shows elevating cups 14: which are oarried by chains 15,;and 16 is a dividing board or partition within the elevator-leg against which the ascending series of cups of'the cl ps 1'4 may'travel in-elevat ing the materials. 7

The economy of-"space "for grain storage 'by'the peculiar 'disposa'lof theelevator with inthe granary, while "housing :it from the -weather,'but-with its boot 'ina position to be loaded into from outside theflgranary while also under protection from' the weather, and the-straight form'ofthe elevator of the shortestdength by which to eliminate as much-friction asapossibleg all contribute to a of :grain.

most desirable arrangement in: the handling The-boot 4i may lie ust within the wall of the/building so longas, the conveyor 10 can be properly accommodated, although the storagespace :would be somewhat lessened as a result, the arrangement described and shown beingpreferred for that reason."

Evidently, instead of the special overhang or projection ILtheedge'Of th'e main roof 1. The combination' with *a*-build-ing ineluding a series of bins for the storageof grain, of an elevator substantiallystraight throughout its length ereete'di: 1n said"*bu 1l'ding with its head disposed in'the top -thereof V 'be extended to over-hang the"bootend its-conveyor. I

centrally I of 1 the s-aid seriesof bi-ns,"-its' lower end and boot extending to-an-outer wall of the bui-lding, there being an" "opening in the wall"tl 1rough whi ch =ma-terialf 1s elevated.

*2. The combination-with a building including a series of 'bins' filling the entire space jot-herein, of -an"-elevator substantially straight throughout 'its 1length extending through-the grain space otsaidzbnilding-and having its head disposed centrally above-the a said series of bins, 'it-s' loweraend' terminating adjacentone o'f'theou-t'er wall o'fthe buildmg outside-the same, anda'casing surrounding-the elevator and-spaced therefrom "separating the grain therefrom.

3. In combination,a building forthestorage of grain, "and an elevator of straight "form -throughout"stationed there-1n, "ltS hea'd beingdispose d in a substantially central position in i said building, its receiving end extending to and disposed adjacent theibottom of one ofthe outer walls-otthe building,

"there' being anopening' in said-wall, an'd conveyor positioned outside the? building for Cl1SCl11Fg1I1g',QI&111 lIltO sa1d receiving end.

4. .In combination, a building' for the storage of grain, an' elevator substantially wholly-housed within the building, its head terminating substantially in a centralfpo'si- 7 tion therein, its receiving end -or'=boot terrninating within an=opening in one otjthe outer wa'llsof said building, and a conveyor for discharging (grain 1 into said boot adapted to be raised againstthe outer side of -said Wall.

5, In-combination, a bu'ildingforthestorageotgrain,incldding birisyah elevator s1ib- '-stan.tially whollyhous'ed withinthe' building and of a straight forin throughoutbetween its headandboot, said lieeidi tcrminating' in the top ofsaid buildingabove saidbins and a conveyor included'with it,s**boot, said con-i veyor and boot extending-throughbneojfathe outer walls of t hebuilding and terminating justoutside the same.

6. In comb'nation, a biiilding forthestorage of grain, anelevato l oused 'therein V Within the grain receiving space, lying at an through said well, and a housing extending through the grain receiving space separatmg the elevator from sald space.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

JOSEPH F. WITTLER.

Witnesses COAD HOPPE,

H. C. MCMAHON. 

